March 10, 2024

Bank Bailouts

March 08, 2024

State of the Union Address

Joe Biden's State of the Union Address to the United States Congress could be written by anyone. It goes along the lines of unintelligible phrases with truncated words sprinkled here and there. Just make noises between each word pronounced as spelt below, like this:

Mericans....amily...scurity...Corpritt Merica...ordnary Mericans...struggle....hope...jication....fyucha...Mericans...versity...funamentle rights.

You get the idea. 

This is a system owned by corporate America,  anyone who believes this senile old man is in charge of anything must be seriously lying to themselves.  

Prince Harry's Visa Status

My money is on there being no paperwork at all. What do you think?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13170281/Judge-demands-DHS-Prince-Harrys-immigration-papers-decide-release.html

A judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to hand over sensitive material about Prince Harry’s immigration papers for him to review while he decides whether to make them public.

Judge Carl Nichols told DHS that its arguments so far were ‘insufficiently detailed’ for him to make a decision.

Strange Times

March 07, 2024

Smart Cities New Zealand

Be very afraid...

Trump v Biden v RFK Jr

2024 US Presidential candidate, Nikki Haley has dropped out of the race seeking the Republican nomination:

https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1765404983451697340

That leaves three main contestants:

Donald J Trump - Republican

Joe Biden - Democratic

Robert F Kennedy Jr - Independent

RFK Jr may become a spoiler as he is easily capable of winning a large percentage of the votes. What happens if no candidate reaches the 270 Electoral College votes required? The Hill has the answer to that, and yes, it gets complicated:

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4502438-what-if-no-candidate-wins-270-electoral-votes/

If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the Presidential election leaves the Electoral College process and moves to Congress. The House of Representatives elects the President from the three (3) Presidential candidates who received the most electoral votes. Each State delegation has one vote and it is up to the individual States to determine how to vote. (Since the District of Columbia is not a State, it has no State delegation in the House and cannot vote). A candidate must receive at least 26 votes (a majority of the States) to be elected. The Senate elects the Vice President from the two (2) Vice Presidential candidates with the most electoral votes. Each Senator casts one vote for Vice President. (Since the District of Columbia is has no Senators and is not represented in the vote). A candidate must receive at least 51 votes (a majority of Senators) to be elected. If the House of Representatives fails to elect a President by Inauguration Day, the Vice-President Elect serves as acting President until the deadlock is resolved in the House.

Wind and Solar Unreliable

Here's a useful outline of how wind and solar generated electricity makes the power grid less reliable:

The Jab

March 06, 2024

Quality Rant - UK Tory Party

TVNZ Crisis

First it was Warner Bros. Discovery announcing the closure of New Zealand's TV3 news department; now state owned TVNZ are about to make major cuts to their news section.

Hah, brilliant, these people conspired against the people, now they're about to lose their jobs, well, boohoo, they'll get no sympathy from me.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/501094/tvnz-results-show-steep-drop-in-profit

Catherine Middleton Spotted

Yay, TMZ have published a photo of the Princess of Wales out and about with her mother, Carole Middleton. 

https://www.tmz.com/2024/03/04/kate-middleton-seen-spotted-public-first-time-mystery-hospitalization/


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March 05, 2024

Supreme Court's Trump Ruling

The US Supreme Court has ruled States cannot kick Donald Trump off the ballot:

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/04/states-cant-remove-trump-from-ballot-supreme-court-says-00144673

States have no authority to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday, short-circuiting efforts by his detractors to declare him disqualified over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

March 03, 2024

George Galloway Wins Rochdale

The UK just saw what may become a trend when the general election rolls around later this year. Former UK Labour MP, George Galloway won the Rochdale by-election on a platform of reviving the town's fortunes, saving its soccer team, and ending the UK's complicity with the genocide in Gaza. 

Just to put in sharp focus what just happened in Rochdale; the much touted Reform party couldn't even manage third place when all they had to compete with was Galloway, and in second place a bloke who got out of bed the day before candidates had to have their paperwork done, thought why not, let's give it a shot. Then, ahead of Reform, a Labour candidate who wasn't a Labour candidate, or he was kinda sorta; we'll never know. 

And then to cap it off Reform's leader, Richard Tice stood beside his Rochdale candidate who had been thrown out of Labour for sending inappropriate messages to a 17-year-old girl. Yeah, the people of Rochdale gave the Conservatives, Labour, and Reform a huge FU.

March 02, 2024

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